I sing, I laugh, I dance, I joke
And live along with you.
I jump, I smile
I'm full of life,
However I am not.

A daze, a blur,
A humming buzz, 
and a reoccurring thought;
I may seem, outwardly, all of these,
However I am not.

A loss of life,
In shadowed night,
Though, restored by morn' anew.
The mask I wear smiles back at you
However I am not.

Alone I feel,
Come the moon.
Disregarded by my peers.
Aside of life in the wings
However I am not.

Though black seems night,
It precedes the day.
A hope to which I cling.
There are those who cannot overcome,
*However I am Not*